Rubber heel



G. F. QUINN.

R U B B E R H E E L.

' APPLICATION m0 MAR. s. 1919. 1,402,377, Patented Jan. 3,1922.

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GILBERT E. QUINN, OF BEACHMGNT, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSZGNOR TO SIMPLEX RUBBER COMPANY, 03 BOSTON, IIIASSAGHUSETTS.

RUBBER HEEL.

Application filed March 6, 1919.

To all to 710m it may concern Be it known that I, GILBERT F. QUINN,

'a citizen of the United States, residing at Beachmont, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Rubber Heel, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a novel rubber heel of such shape that it may be at ached to the heel of the shoe by the repair man without requiring him to level or smooth 'ofi' the leather base in order to provide a tight edge heel, thus saving much time for the repair man as well as providing a more attractive heel.

In the accompanying drawings illustrating my invention Fig. 1 is a top plan. view of my rubber heel;

Fig. 2 is a transverse section of same; and

Figs. 3 and a are transverse sections of modified forms.

Like numerals designate like parts in the several views. I

Referring to the accompanying drawings, 1 provide a rubber heel l which may have a chambered portion 2 as shown in Fig. 2, but

which in my preferred and improved form has a central raised section 6 extending over the central inner portion of the'heel, the nails being driven through, suitable nail holes 5, disposed substantially as indicated in the drawings. As illustrated in the drawings, the heel is narrower at the outer edges than at its central portion. It has a generally cup-shaped inner portion which permits of its being readily attached to a leather heel having a rough surface, without requiring the repair man to work the surface smooth, as is necessary when the conventional fiat-surface rubber heels are used. It

-will also be observedthat I provide a heel Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 3, H3 22.

Serial No. 280,956.

ing the rubber heel to a shoe, whereas my construction provides a bridge element which spans over the space between the point where the nail enters the shoe and the extreme outside edge or" the heel which effects a better tight edge than heels of any other construction, by virtue of the fact that the entire pressure caused by the downward movement of the entire rubber heel structure is at all times centered on the extreme outside edge of the heel and such pressure can not be interrupted or arrested by the roughness of the leather base to which the rubber heel is attached.

An important saving in the quantity of rubber required for making the heel is accomplished by the construction illustrated, and the portions 3 provide the necessary means to support the heel in the designed position relative to the shoe, and obviate the necessity of the shoemaker smoothing the bottom of the heel before attaching the rubber heel. An important practical advantage is thus obtained as it makes it unnecessary for the repair man to level or smooth ed the leather base in the slightest which he must do before applying other tight edge heels, thus savingmuch time for the repair man and insuring the action 01 all the pressure of the entire rubber heel edge against the extreme outside edge of the leather base to which it is attached, which obviates the necessity of usingany cement whatsoever by the repair man, which also is a great saving.

What I claim is:

l. A rubber heel having a cupped upper surface, and having a correspondingly rounded bottom surface, the upper surface having a raised section extending over the central portion of the heel, the heel being thicker in said section than at the marginal portion, said section being of sufficient size to include the portion of the heel in which the nail holes are positioned and the bottom of the heel presenting a rounded surface after it is attached to the shoe.

2. A cushion heel comprising a body having a raised central portion fiat upon its top face and having the outer portions of the heel inclined upwardly, the heel being thickest over its central portion, and having a generally curved bottom surface, whereby the heel may be readily attached to the rough surface of a leather shoe heel.

3. A rubber heel having a concave central portion, and having a raised section in said central portion positioned a substantially unlirorni distance from the outer edge of the secured to the shoe along its edge, the margt nal portions of the heel belng lnchnecl up- .wardly' and the bottom surface of the heel presenting an upward slanting" Wearing surface at the rear portion of the heel after the heel has been attacheclto the shoe the bottom surface 01 the heel being of approximately arcuate shape when applied to the shoe heel.

GILBERT l3. QUINN. 

